Paper Info
Title
Legacy system evolution - a comparative study of modernisation and replacement initiation factors
Abstract
Decisions regarding information system evolution strategy become topical as the organisation's information systems age and start to approach the end of their life cycle. An interview study was conducted in order to compare factors influencing modernisation and replacement initiation. System age, obsolete technology and high operation or maintenance costs were identified as triggers for both modernisation and replacement projects. The results show that the most prevalent individual reason for modernisation initiative is business development. Common initiation factors for replacement projects were end of vendor support and system's inability to respond to organisation's business needs.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2007
ICEIS 2007: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS: INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND SPECIFICATION
legacy system evolution,evolution initiation,decision making,initiation factor
Field
DocType
Citations 
Modernization theory,Computer science,Initiation factor,Knowledge management,Legacy system
Conference
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
1
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Irja Kankaanpää152.88
Päivi Tiihonen210.36
Jarmo J. Ahonen314516.51
Jussi Koskinen412213.44
Tero Tilus5213.80
Henna Sivula6213.80